An Introduction to the History of Structural Mechanics
Subtitle: Part II: Vaulted Structures and Elastic Systems
By: by Edoardo Benvenuto
Publisher: Springer New York
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781461277514; 9781461229940
Subjects: Mechanics; Mathematics
Description: This book deals with the historical development of the scientific theories that, in the 18th century, gave engineers and architects the means of calculating masonry vaulted structures, and in the 19th century provided exact mathematical methods for dimensioning the new complex structural systems which drew their origin from the Industrial Revolution. This book is written for students of strength of materials, structural mechanics (or engineering), rational mechanics, etc., who are interested in the origins of what they learn. It would be very useful, as a complementary reading, to the students of the history of architecture, history of construction and architectural restoration.
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Table of contents: title: I: Arches, Domes and Vaults: Knowledge and Prejudice Before the Eighteenth Century. First Theories About the Statics of Arches and Domes. Architectonic Debates. Later Research; title: II: The Theory of Elastic Systems: The Eighteenth-Century Debate on the Supports Problem. The Path Towards Energetical Principles. The Discovery of General Methods for the Calculation of Elastic Systems. From the Theory of Elastic Systems to Structural Engineering; title: Author Index; title: Subject Index.